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why cant a batsman be given out LBW if the ball pitches outside leg stump, hits him in line, and is clearly going on to hit the wicket, yet if he was batting on the opposite side and it pitched outside off stump, hit him inline he can be given out?
Asked by: Hill on 18-11-2010..
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BinitGood question, this is purely a result of human side of cricketing rules. Just imagine and you'll find that as a batsman, shots available to you when ball pitches well outside offstump are lot more than when it drops 6th or 7th stump down the leg side. Noting the dificulty and that bowlers shouldn't exploit this over and over again, ICC has made a rule that balls pitching outside leg stump can't ge given out leg before wicket.

These days, switch hit is coming in which may turn this rule around as batsmen change stance from right handed to left handed and hence balls dropping outside leg stump become outside offstump and batter can be out. although this is not yet an official rule.
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